Necktie



Patented July 2Q, 1926.

UNITE starr insane NECKTIE.

Application filed March 1, 1926. Serial No. 91,546.

This invention relates to improvements in neck ties of the type whichvare tied in an orderly fashion at the factory, and it is the object ofthe present invention to provide 5 an exceptionally simple andinexpensive yet a desirable and eiiicient attaching means associatedwith. a tie of this type.

`With the foregoing in View, the invention resides in the novel subjectmatter herein- 10 after described and claimed, the description beingsupplemented by the accompanying drawings. v

Figure l is a perspective view showing the tie applied;

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view as indicated by linek Q-Q ofFig. l;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the tie as manufactured and placed onsale, looking toward the rear.

In the drawings above briefly described, the numeral t, designated a.'bow tie of conventional form, whose central portion is formed by a band5. Running between the rear reach of this band and the body portion 25of the tie l is a single rather short strip of elastic 6, the centralportion of this elastic strip being stitched at 7 to the band 5. At itsends, the strip 6 is provided with attaching hooks 8 having sharp pointsor spurs which are pre fer-ably formed by bending portions of sheetmetal plates 9, to which the ends of the elastic strip are anchored.

The strip 6,

plates 9 and hooks S are interposed between the inner and outer .foldsoi' a collar, and said hooks are engaged with the inner fold by forcingthe sharp points or spurs into the fold as shown clearly in the strip 6being of course placed under tension to hold the hoolis and collarproperly engag By the novel construction disclosed, not

only can the device be produced much more l claim:

An article of manufacture comprising a neck tie,

a short strip of elastic secured midway between its ends to the rearside of said tie, and hooks on the ends of said elastic strip said hookshaving sharp pointed ends adapted to be forced into the inner fold of acollar when the strip is placed under tension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto aiiixed my sign ature.

CLARENCE JOHNSON.

